diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index da90ed6..fed12b5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 FROM python:3.11-slim-buster
 
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y build-essential
+
 WORKDIR /rideaware_landing
 
-COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
+COPY requirements.txt .
 
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
@@ -12,4 +14,5 @@ ENV FLASK_APP=server.py
 
 EXPOSE 5000
 
-CMD [ "python3", "-m", "flask", "run", "--host=0.0.0.0"]
+CMD ["gunicorn", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:5000", "server:app"]
+
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e4b25c7..68767e9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+gunicorn
 flask
 python-dotenv
-psycopg2-binary
\ No newline at end of file
+psycopg2-binary